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The proposed bill would simplify administrative procedures for building livestock facilities, allow temporary use of acetamiprid pesticide banned since 2018, and ease restrictions on irrigation reservoirs, with Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard backing the legislation.</span

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The proposed bill would simplify administrative procedures for building livestock facilities, allow temporary use of acetamiprid pesticide banned since 2018, and ease restrictions on irrigation reservoirs, with Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard backing the legislation.

The demonstrations were organized by major farming unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, with FNSEA chief Arnaud Rousseau stating protests would continue until Wednesday but remain mostly symbolic in nature to highlight that French agriculture is in danger.</span

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The demonstrations were organized by major farming unions FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs, with FNSEA chief Arnaud Rousseau stating protests would continue until Wednesday but remain mostly symbolic in nature to highlight that French agriculture is in danger.

Left-wing opposition parties including France Unbowed and the Greens filed hundreds of amendments to the bill, which protesters claim threatens the legislation's passage through the National Assembly after it already cleared the Senate in January.</span

Left-wing opposition parties including France Unbowed and the Greens filed hundreds of amendments to the bill, which protesters claim threatens the legislation's passage through the National Assembly after it already cleared the Senate in January.

The protests caused significant traffic disruptions on at least six highways leading into Paris during Monday morning rush hour, with farmers using slow-moving tractor convoys known as "operation escargot" to create rolling roadblocks.</span

The protests caused significant traffic disruptions on at least six highways leading into Paris during Monday morning rush hour, with farmers using slow-moving tractor convoys known as "operation escargot" to create rolling roadblocks.

Environmental groups and some small-scale farmer unions oppose the legislation, arguing it benefits large-scale agro-industry at the expense of independent operators and poses risks to bee populations through pesticide reauthorization.</span

Environmental groups and some small-scale farmer unions oppose the legislation, arguing it benefits large-scale agro-industry at the expense of independent operators and poses risks to bee populations through pesticide reauthorization.

This deregulation bill represents a dangerous rollback of environmental protections that threatens biodiversity and undermines years of progress in sustainable agriculture. Reauthorizing acetamiprid directly contradicts scientific evidence about neonicotinoids' harmful effects on bee populations, while the legislation primarily serves industrial agriculture giants rather than supporting small-scale and organic farmers who represent the future of sustainable food production. The amendments aren't obstruction but necessary safeguards to prevent ecological damage.

This deregulation bill represents a dangerous rollback of environmental protections that threatens biodiversity and undermines years of progress in sustainable agriculture. Reauthorizing acetamiprid directly contradicts scientific evidence about neonicotinoids' harmful effects on bee populations, while the legislation primarily serves industrial agriculture giants rather than supporting small-scale and organic farmers who represent the future of sustainable food production. The amendments aren't obstruction but necessary safeguards to prevent ecological damage.

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